I was having a conversation with one of the church’s young adults the other day, who told me sometimes she wished for high school days again—not because high school was all that great, but because the summers were. Now, summer vacations don’t stretch endlessly on in an alluring haze of warm days and long, relaxing evenings ..they are short breaks, punctuated by work and preparations for the fall…. They are short, sweet tastes of re-creation, to be treasured, not taken for granted. I know it’s like that for many of us—young and lessyoung
adults alike…and to take time to treasure a slower pace of life, the nurturing of friendships, and the restoration of tired spirits is what we want to have done on our summer vacation, when we report back come September.

This summer, we propose taking a little of that time for nurturing friendships while we’re still in place, working day to day.

Why not consider gathering with Laurie and with a few friends from church for lunch, once a month? No agenda except friendship…no program except enjoying one another. We’ll set up one in the Coconut Grove area and another on a different date in the Doral. If it works, we’ll keep it up. In June, let us know if you’ll join us on:

• Thursday, June 3, at Green Street Café in Coconut Grove at noon
• Thursday, June 10 in the Doral (place to be determined), at
  noon. Please email Laurie or the church office for the Green Street
  lunch. And Laurie, the church, or Richard Jimenez-Alicea for the Doral lunch.

If you can gather a few more folks in an area not easily accessible
to either place, we can add a third feast… talk to Laurie if that possibility interests you. Hope to see you come summer!